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Thermodynamics
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Thermodynamics

by S. C. Gupta
February 2005
Beginner to intermediate
560 pages
14h 28m
English
Pearson Education India
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Chapter Nine

Microscopic Approach

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Kinetic Theory

9.3 Results from the Macroscopic Approach

9.4 Statistical Thermodynamics

9.5 Statistical and Macroscopic Thermodynamics

Summary

Exercises

9.1 Introduction

We have so far discussed the macroscopic approach. As mentioned in Chapter 1, the other approach that has been rigorously followed by researchers is the microscopic approach earlier, wherein the matter is thought of being made from molecules. The theory developed on this basis by Bernoulli is known as the kinetic theory of gas. Later Clausius, Maxwell, and Boltzman made important contributions in its development. These scientists divided the study into two groups, namely, the kinetic theory and statistical thermodynamics. ...

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